As I poured more and more True Essence into the seal, the seal's devouring power became stronger. The golden lines on the seal also became thicker and bigger.
However, the strange thing was that the power of the golden light didn't seem to weaken. Instead, it was getting stronger.
Gradually, I started to feel that I couldn't do what I wanted. The burning sensation on my body became more intense. Big drops of sweat rolled down my forehead. I couldn't help but take a few steps back. I was getting further and further away from the golden light.
I was frightened, but I quickly got rid of these distracting thoughts.
The seal was continuously devouring the power of the golden light. Thus, the golden light couldn't be getting stronger. The only explanation was that it was just bluffing!
After understanding this, I didn't hesitate anymore. I continued to urge all the True Essence in my body to resist the burning sensation. I continued to manipulate the seal to crazily devour the power.
As the speed of devouring increased, the golden light on the seal also became stronger. Although I was far away and couldn't touch the seal, I could feel that the seal was burning hot. It was even trembling as if it couldn't bear the power of the divine punishment.
After cultivating for so many years, my mind had been tempered. Since I had made up my mind, I couldn't change it.
Thus, I didn't have the intention to retreat. I clenched my teeth and persevered.
As time passed, the golden light of the divine punishment in front of me continued to grow. It was originally as big as a basketball, but now it had become a golden ball of light with a diameter of two meters.
There was a golden flame burning inside, just like a lamp wick.
The flame continued to rise as if it would never be extinguished. It carried the power of the heavens and the will to burn everything. The burning sensation on my body became stronger and stronger, and the pressure on my body also increased.
Even when the True Essence in my body was almost exhausted, the power of the divine punishment was still extremely strong.
I continued to clench my teeth and transferred the True Dragon energy from the jade bracelet. Instantly, I circulated it in my body, turning it into True Essence to continuously replenish what I had consumed.
As my True Essence recovered little by little, the pressure on my body decreased. At this moment, the golden ball of light suddenly trembled and stopped growing.
Although the ball of light was still as dazzling as the sun, and the golden flame was still burning fiercely, I could see a trace of weakness.
That gave me a little bit of respite.
Of course, I wouldn't really stop to catch my breath. I only slowed down the speed at which I circulated my True Essence and divided my attention to raise both of my hands. As my fingertips moved, I constantly formed hand seals.
The consumption of activating the seal and the True Essence in my body temporarily reached a balance. As for the True Dragon Qi from the jade bracelet, it was drawn out by me. After it was converted into True Essence in my body, it continuously surged to my fingertips and was continuously consumed as I changed the hand seals.
This is the hand seal that I comprehended after using the Sage's seal to devour the seals of the three Ox-nosed Daoists.
Through these hand seals, I can unleash the Sage Seal's devouring power to the extreme.
This was also the biggest reason why I chose to continue devouring the golden light of the God's Punishment after seeing the seal actively absorb it.
I hooked my pinky and closed my thumb … With the last movement of this set of hand seals, the Shaman Qi and Daoist Qi in my body suddenly surged and turned into a ray of light. Like an arrow that had left the bow, it flew out from my fingertips and pierced the golden light of the God's Punishment, landing directly on my Sage Seal.
As soon as the two came into contact, the four inscriptions on the seal seemed to have come to life. They separated from the seal and floated into the air, even breaking free from the God's Punishment's golden light.
"Natural Born Sage!"
The four ancient seal characters that had originally condensed on my Sage Seal expanded several times in size in the air after breaking free from the golden light. They suddenly turned around and charged towards the golden light again.
Due to their huge size, they didn't pierce into the golden light this time. Instead, they enveloped the entire God's Punishment's golden light.
The aura of the God's Punishment's golden light instantly stagnated. Immediately after, the golden flames in the center seemed to have been stimulated and rose abruptly, occupying the entire God's Punishment's golden light. It burned the four ancient characters that were surrounding it and started to retaliate fiercely.
The power of the God's Punishment was naturally not something that the three Ox-nosed Daoists could compare to. I didn't know how much the power of the golden flames had affected the four ancient characters, but the power of the golden flames was reflected on my body through the connection between me and the seal. It was so painful that I almost screamed.
The high temperature was almost irresistible. It burned my flesh and blood, and even my soul.
At that moment, I almost stopped activating the seal.
Just at that moment, Zhang Kanwen, who I had sent out earlier, suddenly rushed into the room.
He looked at me and then at the golden light that was connected to the fireball. He didn't speak, but took out the ancient book of the Song of Righteousness.
At that moment, I could clearly feel Zhang Kanwen's aura rising behind me. In just half a breath's time, his cultivation had reached the pinnacle of the acupoint sealing realm and crossed over to the Glory of Knowledge realm, directly reaching the Celestial Master realm.
The ancient book of the Song of Righteousness had the ability to help one reach the Celestial Master realm in a short period of time. However, every time it was used, there would be one less page.
This was a treasure that had been passed down in Mount Wen's lineage for a long time. It was also Zhang Kanwen's most powerful technique. I had once seen this secret technique of his in the Yinshang Royal Tomb. I knew that it wasn't ordinary, and I also knew how precious the ancient book of the Song of Righteousness was.
When I returned and saw Zhang Kanwen, I saw that the ancient book of the Song of Righteousness was scattered on the floor. There were only a few pages left. I didn't expect him to activate this secret technique again.
As his cultivation rose to the Celestial Master realm, Zhang Kanwen obviously had a certain level of resistance towards the pressure of the God's Punishment's golden light.
He quickly came to my side and formed a seal with both of his hands. He shouted at the golden fireball, "Pardon!"
Immediately, there was a golden line of fire that shot towards his body from the golden fireball.
I had to say that Zhang Kanwen's mind was very sharp. After he came in, even though he didn't know the situation, he could tell that I couldn't withstand the pressure from the God's Punishment's golden light. Hence, he didn't directly attack the golden light, but tried to help me bear the pressure.
However, his Celestial Master power was supported by the ancient book of the Song of Righteousness. He wasn't a Celestial Master and didn't even have the Celestial Master's Seal. It would definitely be more difficult for him to bear the power of the God's Punishment.
I resisted the pain in my body and struggled to look at Zhang Kanwen. I wanted to stop him, but under the pressure of the God's Punishment, I couldn't utter a single word. I opened my mouth but couldn't utter a single word.
Very quickly, the golden light from the God's Punishment's golden light fell on his body. Zhang Kanwen's body shook. His entire body seemed to have been struck by lightning, and his face instantly turned red.
At the same time, the pressure on my body suddenly lightened. The state that I was in previously on the verge of collapse also disappeared. With the replenishment of the True Dragon's energy from the jade bracelet, I quickly suppressed the pain in my body. I quickly turned to look at Zhang Kanwen.
Just as I had expected, Zhang Kanwen was much more uncomfortable facing the God's Punishment's power than I was.
Moreover, with his power, even if he wanted to help me, he wouldn't be able to do so for long. He would definitely be severely injured.
In reality, the time that Zhang Kanwen lasted was shorter than I had expected. When I turned my head, I saw that his face was filled with blood. There were a few lines of blood flowing out from his ears, eyes, and nostrils.
If this continued, even if I could swallow the God's Punishment, Zhang Kanwen definitely wouldn't be able to last until then.
Thus, I clenched my teeth and turned my head. I violently circulated the True Essence in my body, urging the Celestial Master Seal to frantically swallow the God's Punishment's golden light. Zhang Kanwen had already interfered, and I couldn't stop him. I could only try to absorb the God's Punishment's power as quickly as possible to relieve the pressure on him.
Under my control, the God's Punishment's power and the golden line between me and the Celestial Master Seal suddenly expanded. From the golden line of fire, it turned into a bright yellow pillar of fire that shot straight at me. After being converted by the Celestial Master Seal, the violent power was transferred into my body.
Even so, the might of the God's Punishment's power suppressed me to the point that I couldn't move or even speak.
If I was already in such a state, I really couldn't imagine what kind of pain Zhang Kanwen, who didn't have the Celestial Master Seal, had to face this power head-on.
At that moment, the God's Punishment's True Essence was pushed to its limits. Under the effects of my Celestial Master Seal, it turned into two rays of light, one black and one white. They continuously flickered, helping me resist the God's Punishment.
As time passed, the God's Punishment's golden light became weaker and weaker. It was destined to be swallowed by me. However, Zhang Kanwen, who was at the side, had blood flowing out of his seven orifices.
He didn't even have the strength to open his eyes. He was only relying on his last bit of willpower to stand there, continuing to share the God's Punishment's power with me.